the Painting was bought by art collector Julius Wernher in 1897, and ended up in the organization English heritage’s possession for several decades ago. A larger version of the same painting hangs in the Uffizi gallery in Florence.
To restore the work has taken several years and they have also used infrared lamps, x-ray and pigmentanalys. It is Botticelli himself who has painted it, the experts can’t guarantee – but the important thing is, according to curator Rachel Turnbull on the English Heritage that it comes from his studio.